archaeology

So in honor of #PrideMonth

I am reading an article about how every time ancient art depicts a goddess as sexually alluring, they always get labeled a "goddess of fertility". Even when there is no indication of children, pregnancy, or anything fertile.

The article argues that some goddesses were deities of sex and pleasure, without the maternal fertility aspect.

I am like 🤯 🤯 I have a whole entire archaeology degree and we never addressed this...

#mythology #sex #religion #archaeology

New evidence for early cattle herding in N Europe 🐄Our research is out in
@Antiquity
#scicomm #archaeology #farming #animals

A 🧵on what we discovered about hunter-gatherers, farmers and cows. Spoiler: we found 2 different herds of cattle! 1/

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/early-animal-management-in-northern-europe-multiproxy-evidence-from-swifterbant-the-netherlands/F901950B459C778246635B39A3E5B8B7